So glad I don't have pictures!

My intentions were good, I was on a quest. A few weeks back I noticed some awesome hanging displays in Target and got the notion in my head that when the time came for them to change out, wouldn't it be great if I could score some of those displays? I even went as far as to leave my name and number, if and when that time came. Well yesterday it came, I received a phone call saying that the 'Awesome' displays would be held for Missy Green for 24 hours! Yesterday, I must note, was also the day that Craig got a call that his timber falling expertise was needed and he would be heading back to work. So yesterday was a day full of saw work, preparation, cleaning house, and all around getting things in order for both of our quests.

Craig woke up at 2:30 a.m. and was on the road by 3:00. I was able to get a few more hours of sleep, my children are unknowingly grateful for this! I got up, fixed breakfast, dressed children, dressed self, sent kids to school, and followed shortly because Sawyer was getting an award. Krissi offered to keep children so that I could head down to pick up my huge flowers and I cannot even begin to express what a huge blessing that was. As we headed out on the freeway Maggie and Molly were discussing where we should eat lunch on this 'Girl Day of Ours'! Maggie was laying out our day, just like a girl. "First we will go to Target and get our flowers, and then we will eat lunch, and then we go to Ross and shop, and then maybe back to Target for more shopping, and we don't even have any boys to complain!". And complain they would!! So we had a our day laid out and it was going rather smoothly unitl, oh yes, UNTIL........

We had gone into Ross and all was normal, and by normal I mean, Maggie and Molly were weaving in and out of the racks and their hair looked like you had rubbed it with a balloon, they were starting to look, shall we say 'rough'. About this time Molly starts to whimper and tell me that her guts hurt, a sure sign that she is in need of a restroom. Easy enough, we head to the back of the store and Maggie volunteers to go first. The cart will not go into the bathroom so Maggie says, "I'm fine, I can go by myself and even wash my hands", good enough for me. A few minutes later, and with a locked door between us, Maggie starts yelling for me. I go to the door and as quietly as I can ask what is wrong, "I have poop stuck in my butt and I need your help" she yells. I look to the dressing room attendant a little apologetically and tell Maggie to unlock the door so I can 'help'. That situation taken care of we move on to Molly. I cannot say that I blame her, she does not like pooping in public places. I knew that she needed to go but she was crying and insisting that she did NOT need to go. So there we sat for the better part of a half hour. She won, she refused to go. We loaded back into the cart and headed toward the front of the store. I paid for my things and as the cashier was handing me my bag Molly starts crying and grabbing her stomach and screams......"I'm pooping in the store!" I grab her up and quickly head to the car thinking if I'm fast enough at least we have diapers. I was not fast enough and I felt so bad for her as she was rattling off how she needed an M&M when she poops at home but she didn't like going in the store. We cleaned her up and the whole time Maggie was telling her how sorry she was that she had an accident, she really was being the sweet big sister. We now had to remedy the fact that Molly had no pants so we headed back in, this time wearing a diaper and a sweatshirt, to find her some jeans. Since I was packing both Tallis and Molly at this point I told Maggie to stick close in the parking lot. She just turned and said so matter of factly "I know, I'm not scared of anything but bears and being run over!" God knew that I needed that laugh at exactly that moment. So what that all we had gotten accomplished up to that point was lunch and picking up my car load of displays. I am blessed, I have been given so much, and I am truly thankful for these little faces the Lord has given me. Quest accomplished!!